CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP // Getty Images
Hurricane Sally slams the Gulf Coast | A resident looks at a broken power cable as it lies on the street during Hurricane Sally in Pascagoula, Mississippi, on Sept. 16. Hurricane Sally barrelled into the U.S. Gulf Coast with forecasts of drenching rains that could provoke “historic” and potentially deadly flash floods. (Getty Images) Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
While the United States has faced a particularly tumultuous year of climate disasters, the rest of the globe has experienced an equal share of destruction and weather-related grief, as these notable photographs will show. Devastating wildfires hit Australia, the Amazon, Siberian forests, Indonesia, and Argentina so far this year. Though the Pacific typhoon season has been uncharacteristically quiet in 2020, the typhoons that have hit the region have resulted in several deaths, flash flooding, and billions in damage. Parts of England were also inundated with flooding. Siberia, synonymous with frigid temperatures, hit 100 degrees Fahrenheit in June, accompanied by wildfires.